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Myelinated Fibers and Saltatory Conduction in the Shrimp: The Fastest Impulse Conduction in the Animal Kingdom
Ke Xu
In 1961, neurobiologists found that the conduction velocity of the nerve impulse in the giant nerve fiber of the Penaeus shrimp abdominal nerve cord was over 200 m/s, the highest speed of information transmission ever observed in the animal kingdom.
150 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 29, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9784431539230 |
| Publishers | Springer Verlag, Japan |
| Pages | 110 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 362 g |
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